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would continue to support myanmar. and he gave a lecture at yangon university, a former stronghold of pro-democracy activists. he used the occasion to pressure the government to continue on the path of reform. >> and we recognize no two nations achieve these rights in exactly the same way, but there is no question that your count will be stronger if it draws on the strength of all of its people. that's what allows nations to succeed. >> why democracy and why we need reconciliation? this is the main important thing. >> i think this is very impressive, and i think his visit would lead a positive change. >> reporter: some observers criticized the visit. they said it was too soon to reward myanmar's leaders with a visit from the president of the united states. >> i don't think this is the right time for the president of the united states to visit burma. i don't think the president does enough to accept the highest level from the united states government. >> reporter: the u.s. administration decided to proceed with the trip
would continue to support myanmar. and he gave a lecture at yangon university, a former stronghold of pro-democracy activists. he used the occasion to pressure the government to continue on the path of reform. >> and we recognize no two nations achieve these rights in exactly the same way, but there is no question that your count will be stronger if it draws on the strength of all of its people. that's what allows nations to succeed. >> why democracy and why we need reconciliation?...
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we have many ethnic groups in myanmar. they are also hoping that obama will help them progress. >> suarez: also known as burma, the country was under military rule for half a century and was largely closed off from the rest of the world. yet in the past two years it's begun a rapid about-face. today president obama complemented... complimented the myanmar president, former general and his reform. >> the steps that he's already taken for democratization -- elections, the release of prisoners of conscience, a commitment to work with us on human rights dialogue -- all can unleash the incredible potential of this beautiful country. >> suarez: from there the president followed by admirers traveled to the home of long time opposition leader who spent most of the last 20 years under house arrest and is now an elected member of her country's house of representatives. >> the united states has been staunch in its support of the democracy movement in burma and we are confident that this support will continue through the difficult yea
we have many ethnic groups in myanmar. they are also hoping that obama will help them progress. >> suarez: also known as burma, the country was under military rule for half a century and was largely closed off from the rest of the world. yet in the past two years it's begun a rapid about-face. today president obama complemented... complimented the myanmar president, former general and his reform. >> the steps that he's already taken for democratization -- elections, the release of...
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myanmar has made steady progress on political reform. he promises to support the economic development. japan's public and private sectors will back reform efforts. it will be the first yen loan in almost 26 years. myanmar's leaders will use it to refurbish a thermal power plant in yangon. japan's government will extend the loans in february next year at the earliest. myanmar's to foreign investors. >>> letting out a small sigh of relief. trade agreement. joins us from the business desk. what's the story here? >> as you know, political tensions have tied up in parts of east asia. and that has affected business activity and trade but now japan, china, and south korea will have free lateral trade talks on tuesday as they put aside recent diplomatic tensions. will meet on the sidelines of the east asia summit in cambodia. the delegates are the trade minister, china's commerce minister, and south korea's chief trade negotiator. administrators have agreed in may during talks in beijing to begin negotiations by year end. but it took them awhile
myanmar has made steady progress on political reform. he promises to support the economic development. japan's public and private sectors will back reform efforts. it will be the first yen loan in almost 26 years. myanmar's leaders will use it to refurbish a thermal power plant in yangon. japan's government will extend the loans in february next year at the earliest. myanmar's to foreign investors. >>> letting out a small sigh of relief. trade agreement. joins us from the business...
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he said myanmar has made steady progress in political reform. he promises to support the country's economic development. >> translator: japan's public and private sectors will both back myanmar's reform effort. >> it will be the first loan in almost 26 years. they will use it to refurbish a power plant. they plan to invest in the commercial economic zone. japan's government will extend the loans in february of next year. they promise to make the country more attractive to foreign investors. >>> expecters in japan are hoping they will be able to shift more of their products to neighboring countries. exporters need any help they can get. >> not only that they are struggling against trade barriers and they are hoping one may be on the way because japan and south china will start trade talks. trade officials from the nations will meet on the sidelines. the delegates are japan strait minister, china's commerce minister and trade negotiator. the ministers agreed in may during talks in beijing to begin negotiations by year end. it took them a while to
he said myanmar has made steady progress in political reform. he promises to support the country's economic development. >> translator: japan's public and private sectors will both back myanmar's reform effort. >> it will be the first loan in almost 26 years. they will use it to refurbish a power plant. they plan to invest in the commercial economic zone. japan's government will extend the loans in february of next year. they promise to make the country more attractive to foreign...
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of course, the highlight has been the several hours he spent in myanmar, the first american president to be there in the country known as burma. to catch a look at the president, the president was greeted by thousands of locals that lined the streets. including uniformed school children, waving flags for miles. mr. obama made an unannounced stop at a holy site, the center of the religion. there, the president made the ceremonial water pouring. then it was off to the home of aung san kyi, where the nobel prize peace winner lived under house arrest. >> i would like to see president obama in my country, and in my heart. >> reporter: later, the president formally addressed the president in a speech where he justified his trip to the still not-yet free country. >> i said, in my address, we will extend a hand if you're willing to unclench your fist. under the president, the desire for change has been met by an agenda for reform. so today, i have come to extend my hand of friendship. >> reporter: the president tried to draw the american history to push myanmar even further. >> i stand before
of course, the highlight has been the several hours he spent in myanmar, the first american president to be there in the country known as burma. to catch a look at the president, the president was greeted by thousands of locals that lined the streets. including uniformed school children, waving flags for miles. mr. obama made an unannounced stop at a holy site, the center of the religion. there, the president made the ceremonial water pouring. then it was off to the home of aung san kyi, where...
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the president met with myanmar's democratic leader, and a former political prisoner. in the past two years, the country formally known as burma has moved quickly to become democratic. in a speech, president obama called on myanmar to keep moving forward. >> flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished. they must be strengthened. they must become a shining north star for all this nation's people. >> his next stop cambodia. the president was critical of that country's poor record on human rights. >>> it won't be looking a lot like christmas this year in one southern california town. >>> back here in just ten minutes. the rain is coming our way, but it's going to be slow in getting here. the umbrellas will be >>> this month's deadly house explosion in indianapolis, indiana is now being investigated as a homicide, not an accident. investigators are looking for the driver of a white van seen in the subdivision on november 10, the day of the explosion. the young couple killed lived next door to the home. >>> it's been three months now since that massive f
the president met with myanmar's democratic leader, and a former political prisoner. in the past two years, the country formally known as burma has moved quickly to become democratic. in a speech, president obama called on myanmar to keep moving forward. >> flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished. they must be strengthened. they must become a shining north star for all this nation's people. >> his next stop cambodia. the president was critical of that...
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the president met with myanmar's democratic leader, and a former political prisoner. in the past two years, the country formally known as burma has moved quickly to become democratic. in a speech, president obama called on myanmar to keep moving forward. >> flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished. they must be strengthened. they must become a shining north star for all this nation's people. >> his next stop was cambodia. the president was critical of that country's poor record on human rights. >>> it won't be looking a lot like christmas this year in one southern california town. >>> back here in just ten minutes. the rain is coming our way, but it's going to be slow in getting here. the umbrellas will be needed sometime tomorrow. i'll let you know when. >>> this month's deadly house explosion in indianapolis, indiana is now being investigated as a homicide, not an accident. investigators are looking for the driver of a white van seen in the subdivision on november 10, the day of the explosion. the young couple killed lived next door to the hom
the president met with myanmar's democratic leader, and a former political prisoner. in the past two years, the country formally known as burma has moved quickly to become democratic. in a speech, president obama called on myanmar to keep moving forward. >> flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished. they must be strengthened. they must become a shining north star for all this nation's people. >> his next stop was cambodia. the president was critical of that...
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later he made a commitment to the people of myanmar. >> so today i've come to keep my promise and extend the hand of friendship. america now has an ambassador in rangoon. sanctions have been eased, and we will help rebuild an economy that can offer opportunity for its people and serve as an engine of growth for the world. >> reporter: president obama also became the first president to visit cambodia today where he had what was described as a tense meeting about the need to improve human rights there. >>> and back here at home, a homecoming for the woman whose affair with general david petraeus ended his career at the cia. tonight we are seeing new images of paula broadwell with her family, learning new details what she's telling her closest friends and there are new questions about whether she'll face charges. abc senior correspondent pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: this morning scott and paula broadwell slipped out of their north carolina home, children in tow, trying to piece together lives shattered by scandal. as broadwell struggles under the hot glare of reporters stalking
later he made a commitment to the people of myanmar. >> so today i've come to keep my promise and extend the hand of friendship. america now has an ambassador in rangoon. sanctions have been eased, and we will help rebuild an economy that can offer opportunity for its people and serve as an engine of growth for the world. >> reporter: president obama also became the first president to visit cambodia today where he had what was described as a tense meeting about the need to improve...
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president to visit myanmar. he met with myanmar's president. >>> the extensive changes to the benghazi talk points were made by the intelligence community not the white house state department or the justice department. that's according to the spokesman for national intelligence. >>> the original talking points drafted by the cia specifically mentioned al qaeda ties to the attack, but that was removed. >>> indianapolis police say a major explosion that destroyed several houses and killed two people is now a homicide investigation. the blast was so powerful that more than 30 neighboring homes were severely damaged. >>> it looks like there could be hope for hostess. a federal bankruptcy court judge will mediate a meeting tomorrow between management and the striking bakery workers union to see if their differences can be ironed out somehow. >>> more from anderson in gaza city after this short break. stay with us. thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professo
president to visit myanmar. he met with myanmar's president. >>> the extensive changes to the benghazi talk points were made by the intelligence community not the white house state department or the justice department. that's according to the spokesman for national intelligence. >>> the original talking points drafted by the cia specifically mentioned al qaeda ties to the attack, but that was removed. >>> indianapolis police say a major explosion that destroyed...
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on the ride from myanmar and, remember, secretary clinton has been basically the point person, she was the first secretary of state to visit myanmar and then that sort of led to this visit by the president. that was a big deal. she laid that groundwork. and the president at aung san suu kyi's house, this is the house where she was under house arrest, a very poignant moment. and the president used half his remarks to play tribute to hillary clinton there. anyway, on the ride from myanmar to cambodia, aides were sure to tell us they were in the private office just together and we were told reminiscing. there is a little bit of a bond here. barack obama and bill clinton may not have that bond but barack obama and hillary clinton do. there may be -- i've never bought into the idea that hillary could be the heir apparent, if you will, to barack obama. i might buy into it more today than i have in a while. >> you know, chuck, it's a remarkable thing. i know you and i talked about this but they have a lot in common. if anybody knows what they went through in 2008, it's the two of them. what i
on the ride from myanmar and, remember, secretary clinton has been basically the point person, she was the first secretary of state to visit myanmar and then that sort of led to this visit by the president. that was a big deal. she laid that groundwork. and the president at aung san suu kyi's house, this is the house where she was under house arrest, a very poignant moment. and the president used half his remarks to play tribute to hillary clinton there. anyway, on the ride from myanmar to...
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president to visit myanmar. he met with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi and with myanmar's president as well. >>> the u.s. army is asking an appeals court to deny a request by major hassan that he be allowed to keep his beard. he claims he grew it for religious purposes. army regulations prevent facial hair on soldiers in uniform. he is accused of murdering 13 people at fort hood, texas in 2009. >>> indianapolis police say a major explosion that destroyed several houses and killed two people is now a homicide investigation. that explosion ten days ago was so powerful, that more than 30 neighboring homes were severely damaged. >>> it looks like there could be hope for hostess. although the company shut down its baking operations on friday, a federal bankruptcy court judge will mediate a meeting tomorrow between management and the striking bakery workers union to see if their differences can be ironed out. we'll see. back to you. >>> we'll have more from ben wedeman and arwa damon and wolf blitzer in jerusal
president to visit myanmar. he met with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi and with myanmar's president as well. >>> the u.s. army is asking an appeals court to deny a request by major hassan that he be allowed to keep his beard. he claims he grew it for religious purposes. army regulations prevent facial hair on soldiers in uniform. he is accused of murdering 13 people at fort hood, texas in 2009. >>> indianapolis police say a major explosion that destroyed several houses...
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the administration policy in myanmar has been successful and moving in the right direction. preeminent and attempt as part her heart if you say we're doing well and should moderate our place it is a pretty good position to be in. i am in favor of the president going there. >> don't get carried away is what you are -- >> i think it is three month to somewhat two months. >> a good lesson for life it seems to me. but anyway, 45 minutes tour of the world with henry kissinger. i can't think of anything i would rather spend my time doing. i want to thank you for taking time to share with us and dino everyone in the audience is grateful. we appreciate it very much. [applause] .. >> the house of commons is working on other business. >> this is an important point, that the crown prosecution service is currently considering its policy in respect of how it shares information with other relevant agencies, and it is, of course, very important that disclosures, information which may be helpful in protecting a vulnerable person, that should be shared where possible, and it's certainly a pr
the administration policy in myanmar has been successful and moving in the right direction. preeminent and attempt as part her heart if you say we're doing well and should moderate our place it is a pretty good position to be in. i am in favor of the president going there. >> don't get carried away is what you are -- >> i think it is three month to somewhat two months. >> a good lesson for life it seems to me. but anyway, 45 minutes tour of the world with henry kissinger. i...
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president to set foot in that country as well as in myanmar, formerly known as burma. two countries with troubled history. the trip to myanmar included a symbolic visit with nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi under house arrest for 15 years for her opposition to the government. president obama said the country is making progress towards democracy. >> this nation that's been so isolated can show the world the power of a new beginning. and demonstrate once again that the journey to democracy goes hand in hand with development. >> this trip is most likely his last overseas trip with secretary of state hillary clinton who is leaving the state department after this term. >>> the former mistress of david petraeus speaking out for the first time since their affair went public. speaking through a family friend, broadwell says she deeply regrets the damage that's been done to her family. she, her husband and two young sons are back at their north carolina home after staying at her brother's house in d.c. for a few days to try to escape the media. paula broadwell's affair
president to set foot in that country as well as in myanmar, formerly known as burma. two countries with troubled history. the trip to myanmar included a symbolic visit with nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi under house arrest for 15 years for her opposition to the government. president obama said the country is making progress towards democracy. >> this nation that's been so isolated can show the world the power of a new beginning. and demonstrate once again that the journey to...
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government still calls the country burma even though its former military leaders changed the name to myanmar. the new civilian leaders are keeping the name but taking steps towards democracy like releasing political prisoners. president obama met with one of those former prisoners, the nobel prize winner. she spent almost 20 years under house arrest for fighting for democracy. now, she is a member of parliament. at the meeting, president obama called the country burma but listen to what he said during a meeting with the burmese president. >> we think that a process of democratic reform and economic reform here in me martha has been begun by the president is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities. >> the white house says the president used myanmar as a diplomatic courtesy and that it does not change official policy. the first stop on the president's trips with thailand, then burr matchett tonight he he is in cambodia and so is wendell goler who is traveling with the president. wendell? >> shep, as you point out the president's aides say he aimed to make a courteous gesture
government still calls the country burma even though its former military leaders changed the name to myanmar. the new civilian leaders are keeping the name but taking steps towards democracy like releasing political prisoners. president obama met with one of those former prisoners, the nobel prize winner. she spent almost 20 years under house arrest for fighting for democracy. now, she is a member of parliament. at the meeting, president obama called the country burma but listen to what he said...
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he was the first president to visit myanmar or burma do. does the white house feel it is accomplished some particular goals as far as this trip is concerned? >> reporter: the broader goal of the administration has been to expand its connection, its interest in asia to shift focus away from iraq, afghanistan. of course, the wars there drawing down. this is the serving as a counterweight to china. as you mention, president obama becoming the first president to visit myanmar. some people criticized him for that saying that they have not made enough progress toward democracy but when president obama spoke to the university there, he was very clear. he hailed the steps they have taken, said more needs to be done. he talked about the fact that political prisoners have been released but said, of course, more political prisoners need to be released. that ethnic tensions there still need to be resolved. but he praised the progress they have made. he also met with, of course, pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi and in addition to that he brought ai
he was the first president to visit myanmar or burma do. does the white house feel it is accomplished some particular goals as far as this trip is concerned? >> reporter: the broader goal of the administration has been to expand its connection, its interest in asia to shift focus away from iraq, afghanistan. of course, the wars there drawing down. this is the serving as a counterweight to china. as you mention, president obama becoming the first president to visit myanmar. some people...
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presidential visits to myanmar and cambodia. secretary of state hillary clinton was also there until just moments ago, when she departed for the middle east at the president's request. for more on that, political director and , chuck todd. >> reporter: it's fair to say the events in gaza have overshadowed what the president's been working on here in southeast asia. i can tell you this, last night cambodia time, the president was on the phone until 2:30 in the morning basically doing shuttle diplomacy first with egyptian president morsi and then netanyahu and then back on the phone with morsi. the reason there, obviously, talking to netanyahu getting a sense of what it would take to prevent him from doing the ground invasion into gaza. the talks with morsi are about, this is the egyptian leader, has the direct contacts with hamas. neither united states or israel has that. the decision to send secretary clinton i'm told by white house aides is neither an acknowledgment things are close neither do they feel things got stuck. they f
presidential visits to myanmar and cambodia. secretary of state hillary clinton was also there until just moments ago, when she departed for the middle east at the president's request. for more on that, political director and , chuck todd. >> reporter: it's fair to say the events in gaza have overshadowed what the president's been working on here in southeast asia. i can tell you this, last night cambodia time, the president was on the phone until 2:30 in the morning basically doing...
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while there, he visited thailand and myanmar. his final stop was cambodia, where he took part in the nations summit. wow. he also met with the camera bode yan prime minister where he talked about the need to provide human rights. one said the meeting was tense. it's been three weeks since sandy ravaged the east coast and the recovery is ongoing. tonight, many are are still without homes. businesses are still closed. new york city is still rationing gas. four new york city hospitals are still closed or only offering limited services and one o the main train services between new jersey and new york city is still operating with limited service. this video shows the new jersey path station flooding the night of the storm. these stations sustained significant damage. the dow was up nearly 208 points. nasdaq up by more than 2%. the s&p higher, too. the reason, traders are more optimistic the fiscal cliff will be avoided. they think leaders in washington will reach some sort of compromise. we shall see if that optimism is merited. >>> w
while there, he visited thailand and myanmar. his final stop was cambodia, where he took part in the nations summit. wow. he also met with the camera bode yan prime minister where he talked about the need to provide human rights. one said the meeting was tense. it's been three weeks since sandy ravaged the east coast and the recovery is ongoing. tonight, many are are still without homes. businesses are still closed. new york city is still rationing gas. four new york city hospitals are still...
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. >> myanmar. >> stephanie: yeah. >> everybody knows that stephanie >> stephanie: oh, shut up. now the it willest paula broadwell news. >> the "new york daily news" is reporting that the emails that paula went to tampa social light joe kelly -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: is that what the kids are calling it. >> were threatening, that they threatened to quote make them go away. [♪ dramatic music ♪] >> go away? >> yes. but i think it's fascinating that apparently kelly read the emails to a friend and the friend said they were scary, this wasn't just a cat fight. the broodwells are clearly unstable -- >> stephanie: yeah, she was scared for her life. so jill kelly has hired glory al -- >> oh really? >> stephanie: yeah all of that attorney privilege she probably would have clammed up on us anyway. there was a lot of booze there. >> booze and dope apparently. >> yeah. >> say it ain't so. >> the best thing to come out of this little pot scenario was when steph mentioned this to me and said maybe i'm high. and i'm like no you can't just have it and be high. >> stephanie: you can't
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the south china sea and the fact that he's going to this meeting and also the fact that he went to myanmar as the first american president to do so is a clear sign that the u.s. is worry building china's influence in southeast asia and the u.s. is trying to counter act that. so the japanese chinese dispute is a potential problem because of course the u.s. and japan appealing to the u.s. for help will, but not really possible to resolve the islands. i think you have to try to talk to both sides and encourage them to grow up. >> bearing in mind there was anti-chinese sentiment in the election, how does obama get around that sort of anti-china business rhetoric and actually still secure investment from china into the states, still make shure by u.s. treasuries ad equally china open up to u.s. companies? >> i think those are the big issues. luckily the election is over now. obama has been reelected, he doesn't have to run for election again. so to a certain extent, he almost has to be mindful of constituencies at home, but he can drop the rhetoric. and we have a new leadership in china. so to
the south china sea and the fact that he's going to this meeting and also the fact that he went to myanmar as the first american president to do so is a clear sign that the u.s. is worry building china's influence in southeast asia and the u.s. is trying to counter act that. so the japanese chinese dispute is a potential problem because of course the u.s. and japan appealing to the u.s. for help will, but not really possible to resolve the islands. i think you have to try to talk to both sides...
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one, in the air, on his way back home, wrapping up his tour of asia hours ago with stops in thailand, myanmar and cambodia, where he attended the east asia summit and met with the outgoing chinese premiere just before leaving. they focused their meeting on trade issues and how the two powerful nations can work together. when also congratulated obama on his re-election. >>> oil prices up on the middle east conflict. yes, oil prices are rising because of the middle east conflict. but will gas prices in the united states continue to fall? we'll check it out. >>> it is 12 minutes past the hour. we are continuing to follow that breaking news. possible cease fire about to take hold in the israel/gaza conflict. the news coming from egypt's president, trying to broker a truce. minutes ago, he declared that israel will soon hold its air strikes on gaza. with us now the governing body of gaza, hamas. the group's spokesperson joins us by phone. welcome. >> thank you. >> egypt is talking about a cease fire, but there's been no word from israel or hamas. how real is this? >> well, it's clear that there is
one, in the air, on his way back home, wrapping up his tour of asia hours ago with stops in thailand, myanmar and cambodia, where he attended the east asia summit and met with the outgoing chinese premiere just before leaving. they focused their meeting on trade issues and how the two powerful nations can work together. when also congratulated obama on his re-election. >>> oil prices up on the middle east conflict. yes, oil prices are rising because of the middle east conflict. but...
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aides made it clear that he was up after he did a day of events both here in cambodia, he was also in myanmar all day. and then he took phone calls last night. he called first president morsi of egypt. then he called prime minister netanyahu in israel. and then had another call with egypt's morsi up till 2:30 in the morning. so doing his own work on the middle east after focusing on asia. the president, obviously, trying to find out what needs to be done, what steps both sides are willing to take in order to create some sort of a peace. and the final conclusion was it's best to send secretary of state clinton to do this in person. this trip has been overshadowed by this crisis overseas, john. >> jessica yellin cambodia. >>> we want to take you to the conflict zone. we have arwa damon for us, she's live in gaza city. arwa, set the scene for me. what are you seeing? what are you hearing today? >> reporter: well, just a few moments ago, we heard some explosions in the distance. unclear at this point exactly what they were caused by. the streets behind me, the streets of gaza city, still remain t
aides made it clear that he was up after he did a day of events both here in cambodia, he was also in myanmar all day. and then he took phone calls last night. he called first president morsi of egypt. then he called prime minister netanyahu in israel. and then had another call with egypt's morsi up till 2:30 in the morning. so doing his own work on the middle east after focusing on asia. the president, obviously, trying to find out what needs to be done, what steps both sides are willing to...
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asiadent obama's trip to -- obama challenges myanmar on the visit. he later criticized cambodia's record. the president is using his asia trip to make the first presidential visit here. he called for american-style democracy or they take orders from civilians. it is going on to another headline relating to the president's trip, obama urges more reform in his historic visit. you can see the president along with -- president obama was riding in his motorcade from the first united states president to visit the long isolated nation money suddenly ordered an ounce of gold a detour on monday. -- when he suddenly ordered a detour on monday. the president walked over to a statue. and he went through some of the local traditions and have some of the experience there before meeting with leaders and then of .ours leave theip could lea nation ran into with trading allies. we will look more headlines in the news, let us give back your phone calls and hear from bobby in memphis, tenn. on our line for democrats. we are talking about the united states role in the mi
asiadent obama's trip to -- obama challenges myanmar on the visit. he later criticized cambodia's record. the president is using his asia trip to make the first presidential visit here. he called for american-style democracy or they take orders from civilians. it is going on to another headline relating to the president's trip, obama urges more reform in his historic visit. you can see the president along with -- president obama was riding in his motorcade from the first united states president...
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. >> brown: president obama makes an historic trip to myanmar. ray suarez looks at the asian country's steps away from a closed military dictatorship. >> woodruff: paul solman reports from the rockaways on new york's long island about insurance woes for victims of hurricane sandy. >> everything you're looking at here is destroyed. this used to be a really beautiful restaurant. >> where is the financing coming from if you don't have flood insurance? >> i don't know. i really don't. >> brown: and we close with the first of several conversations we'll have with newly elected senators. tonight: maine independent angus king. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening everyone. i'm susie gharib. stocks skyrocket on wall street. investors go from high anxiety about the fl
. >> brown: president obama makes an historic trip to myanmar. ray suarez looks at the asian country's steps away from a closed military dictatorship. >> woodruff: paul solman reports from the rockaways on new york's long island about insurance woes for victims of hurricane sandy. >> everything you're looking at here is destroyed. this used to be a really beautiful restaurant. >> where is the financing coming from if you don't have flood insurance? >> i don't know....